syria, north korea and the 2016 race. one note when initially our own correspondent michelle kosinski asked the president if he was watching the debate, the most watched in history, he said, yes, but i was also flipping the channels because there was a ball game on. we ll talk to michelle kosinski about that. she s with us right now. michelle kosinski and then a lease lab bottom is with us. we ll get into what he said about all the topics. first michelle kosinski, you want to begin with his response as far as whether or not he watched the cnn debate earlier in the week and thoughts about joe biden possibly jumping in. i mean, multiple times now the administration and president obama have expressed how important the debates are, now important this robust communication is to the american people. i found it interesting that is baseball more important than the democratic debate? but the white house has said